Weekly
Outline of
Course Art 033A, Two -Dimensional Design
Course
Description: This course offers an introduction to the principle,
elements, and terminology of two-dimensional design. Design elements
such as line, value, texture, shape, and basic color are organized by
various
principles such as repetition, variety, balance, and proportion. A wide
variety of media willbe used. Pass/No Pass Option C-ID Arts 100
Supply
List
- One 11x14 sketchbook.
- One 11x15
watercolor sketchbook
- 2 to 3 synthetic taklon
brushes
- watercolor or acrylic
paint: yellow, red, blue, white, and black
- pencils/black
crayon/china marker
- calligraphy pen/marker
- (sharpies or markers)
You can buy all this stuff on Dick Blick for around $60
https://www.dickblick.com/lists/blicku/00UPJ2LQO3M8E/publicview/
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EVALUATION
OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE:
Class
Participation/Attendance/Daily Effort
Every 2 absences lowers this a full letter grade. |
10% |
Projects (quality
and effort)
About 15 assignments each weighted equally. |
70% |
Final Project |
20% |
Total |
100% |
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Week 1
Composition,
Framing, and Layout
Day 1
In
this section will be learning about composition and
framing. I want to look at still life photography as a way to generate
images
that you’ll be able to make art from. The first couple of projects we
will be
doing different kinds of drawings of some of the still life photographs
that
you’ve collected or taken. So you also might want to think about how
meaningful
that photograph is that you’re collecting. Another thing to think about
is how
easy will it be for you to draw things in the photograph. For example,
complicated labels and complex designs might be a bit hard to work with.
Homework
- Take 4-8 still life photos
with your cell phone and post them to the Facebook Group.
- Four of the photos should have a symmetrical composition and
the
other four should be asymmetrical.
- Make sure the horizontals
and
verticles are parallel to the top and sides of the picture plane.
- Post these photos to our Facebook group by the midnight before next class.
- If you do not yet have a
Facebook account or for some reason are really
adverse to it, you can send your photographs and photos of your
finished
work, by email them to me. Kenney.Mencher@gmail.com
Day 2
- We're working with your photos today. Please have a way to look at
them in class. The best way is
probably to
have them on a laptop or a tablet. Second best is to print them out.
Third best is on your phone. (It's just kind of small.)
Week 2
Day 1
Techniques for Measuring and
LayoutAdditional Resources for
drawing people. (We're not going to cover this
it's just for fun.)
Day 2
Contour and Brush Drawings
Week 4
One-Point
Perspective
Week
5
Two-Point
Perspective
Week 6
Grid
Mapping and Shading
Day 1
Day 2
Week 7
Shading
Continued
Day 1
Day 2
Week 8
Week 9
Simple
Black and White Repeating Patterns in Dry Media
Day 1
Day 2
Week 10
Week 11
Day 1
Day 2
Week 12
Week 13
Calligraphy
and Text
Day 1
- Calligraphy
and Text Basics
- Physical
media/calligraphy
- You need
either a calligraphy pen or a wedge tipped marker.
Day 2
(Through Next Week)
- Design an
alphabet either using photographs, computer graphics and or
physical media (marker, paper, collage, paint, etc.)
Week 14
Emotion: Your audience needs to feel something when they look at your image.
A simple layout: If you do too much, you turn them off and away from that share button. Keep it simple, clear and easy to digest.
Relevant imagery: Your
stock photos, backgrounds and filters should all make sense and tie in
with your niche or branding. If they don’t, it doesn’t make sense for
the reader to share it.
The right colors: Use the colors that best match your brand, but don’t forget to make the most of Red, Pink and Purple to get the most shares.
A powerful font: Make sure the words you use match up to the font you choose. Don’t make your image send the wrong message.
Text or hashtags: Quotes are the most powerful, but having a powerful message or hashtag can create a lot of viral potential.
Week 15
- Working
with Concept: Memes, infographics, or political posters,
- Design one
or two memes, infographics, or political posters, either using photographs, computer graphics
and or physical media (marker, paper, collage, paint, etc.)
- Write in
your sketchbook or type on your computers or phone.
- What
concept are you trying to express?
- Who is
your target audience, and why would this be important to other
them?
- What
are you trying to do in terms of font choice, composition, shading, and
color? For example, what do your choices about the font,
composition and other shading and color choices "express" about the
main idea?
- Photograph
them with your
cell phone and post it to this group on Facebook by the midnight before next class.
- Answer the
questions below in the text of your post.
- What were
you trying to do in terms of font choice, composition,
shading, and color?
- What
concept are you trying to express?
- Who is
your target audience, and why would this be important to other
them?
Week 16
- Book and or Magazine Cover
Design
- Design the
front and back of a book cover either using photographs,
computer graphics
and or physical media (marker, paper, collage, paint, etc.)
- The
book can be real or made up. This can be part of the next project which
is too design a magazine spread or a comic book/graphic novel, or a
short children's book.
- Write in
your sketchbook or type on your computers or phone.
- What
concept(s) are you trying to express?
- Who is
your target audience, and why would this be important to other
them?
- What
are you trying to do in terms of font choice, composition, shading, and
color? For example, what do your choices about the font,
composition
and other shading and color choices "express" about the main idea?
- Photograph
them with your
cell phone and post it to this group on Facebook by the midnight before next class.
- Answer the following in the text part of your post.
- What were
you trying to do in terms of font choice, composition,
shading, and color?
- What
concept are you trying to express?
- Who is
your target audience, and why would this be important to other
them?
Week 17-18
- Final
Project: Design a magazine spread or a comic
book/graphic novel, or a
short children's book.
- Design a
magazine spread or a comic book/graphic novel, or a
short children's book using photographs, computer graphics
and or physical media (marker, paper, collage, paint, etc.)
- The
book can be real or made up. This can be part of the next project which
is too design a magazine spread or a comic book/graphic novel, or a
short children's book.
- Write in
your sketchbook or type on your computers or phone.
- What
concept(s) are you trying to express?
- Who is
your target audience, and why would this be important to other
them?
- What
are you trying to do in terms of font choice, composition, shading, and
color? For example, what do your choices about the font,
composition
and other shading and color choices "express" about the main idea?
- Photograph
them with your
cell phone and post it to this group on Facebook by the midnight before next class.
- Answer the following in the text part of your post.
- What were
you trying to do in terms of font choice, composition,
shading, and color?
- What
concept are you trying to express?
- Who is
your target audience, and why would this be important to other
them?
EVALUATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE:
Class
Participation/Attendance/Daily Effort
Every 3 absences lowers this a full letter grade. |
10% |
Projects (quality and
effort)
About 17 assignments each weighted equally. |
70% |
Final Project |
20% |
Total |
100% |
Learning
Outcomes and Objectives
Course
Objectives
Demonstrate
understanding of the principles and elements of design
through completion of various projects.
Create a
composition using a wide variety of traditional and
non-traditional materials.
Choose
appropriate media and materials needed to solve a design problem
while making the strongest possible statement.
Assess how
design relates to a multitude of disciplines such as, film,
computer, interior design, visual art, and etc.
Analyze
the principles and elements of design in any medium, orally and
in writing.
Evaluate
work in terms of strengths and goals, orally, and in writing.
Examine
The relationship of form to concept in a design,
Assemble a
color wheel and value scale.
Examine,
compare and analyze historical and contemporary examples of
two-dimensional art, within a global context.
Student
Learning Outcome Two-Dimensional Design ART
033A
Outcome:
Evaluate work in terms of elements, principles, strengths and
goals.
Assessment:
Oral and written assignments.
Outcome:
Create an art project that uses the elements and principles of
design showing, line, shape, value.
Assessment:
Finished project.
033A
Two-Dimensional Design Course Outcomes/Objectives Student
Learning Outcomes: 1. Evaluate work in terms of elements,
principles, strengths and goals.
2. Assessment: Oral and written
assignments.
Course
Objectives: Upon completion of the course, the student should be
able to:
1.
Demonstrate understanding of the principles and elements
of design through completion of various projects.
2. Create
a composition using a wide variety of traditional and
non-traditional materials.
3. Choose
appropriate media and materials needed to solve a design
problem while making the strongest possible statement.
4. Assess
how design relates to a multitude of disciplines such as,
film, computer, interior design, visual art, and etc.
5. Analyze
the principles and elements of design in any medium, orally
and in writing.
6.
Evaluate work in terms of strengths and goals, orally, and in
writing.
7. Examine
the relationship of form to concept in a design.
8.
Assemble a color wheel and value scale. (This will be accomplished
by painting patterns.)
TEACHING
METHOD: Class demonstrations and lectures, project
presentations,
individual instruction, artist’s videos and a possible field
trip. There may be a Mid-term assignment, and there will be a
Final Meeting Project.
EVALUATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE:
Class
Participation/Attendance/Daily Effort
Every 3 absences lowers this a full letter grade. |
10% |
Projects (quality and
effort)
About 17 assignments each weighted equally. |
70% |
Final Project |
20% |
Total |
100% |
COLLEGE
DROP POLICY: If you cannot complete the class for whatever reason, you
must initiate an official drop in the Admissions and Records
Office.